Richard Arenstorf

American mathematician (1929-2014) Date Of Birth : 1929-11-07T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 2014-09-18T00:00:00Z

Richard F. Arenstorf (November 7, 1929 – September 18, 2014) was an American mathematician. He discovered a stable orbit between the Earth and the Moon, called an Arenstorf Orbit. It was the basis of the orbit used by the Apollo Program for going to the Moon.
Arenstorf received his Ph.D. from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in 1956.

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